Study Skills Following a Counseling Program for Fourth-Year Middle School Students: A Single-Group Study with Pretest, Posttest, and Follow-Up Assessments
Abstract
This study examined changes in study skills among fourth-year middle school students following participation in a counseling program. It used a single-group quasi-experimental design with pretest, posttest, and follow-up assessments. Ten students were selected through purposive sampling. The intervention was a researcher-designed counseling program, and study skills were assessed using the Study Skills Scale developed by Hafiz Nabil Ibrahim et al. (2014). Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20.
Study Skills Scale scores were significantly higher at posttest than at pretest. The difference between posttest and follow-up scores was statistically nonsignificant. The findings document an improvement in study skills scores following the program among the participating students. The small sample and single-group design limit the extent to which the improvement can be attributed to the program or generalized to other students.
Keywords — Counseling program, study skills, middle school students, single-group design, follow-up assessment.
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